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island hopping
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during World War II, Allied strategy of capturing Japanese held islands to gain control of the Pacific Ocean p.796
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Navajo code-talkers
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during World War II, Navajo soldiers who used their own language to radio vital messages during the island-hopping campaign p.796
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kamikaze
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World War II Japanese pilot trained to make a suicidal crash attack, usually upon a ship p.797
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Potsdam Declaration
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message sent by the Allies in July 1945 calling for Japanese surrender p.798
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Bataan Death March
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long trek across the Philippines that American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced to make by the Japanese in 1942 p.799
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Holocaust
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slaughter of Europe's Jews by the Nazis before and during World War II p.799
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Nuremberg trials
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Nazi war crimes trials held in 1945 and 1946 p.799
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